Initial framing

First thing was to set up the framing.
Initially, I used the framing from the kit.
(It's still in there somewhere, but the shape of the hull turned out quite modified..)

The fit was not perfect, but good enough. From a flat box to the shape of a ship in less than an hour.
Quite a fun part of the build.

Now, the stern looked completely ridiculous, so I ordered the official plans from the Vasa museum in Stockholm. A couple of adjustments might be in order?
In the meantime, I traced the stern on a piece of paper and tried to adjust it to match photos I could find in books.

The one on the right is the kit frame. Pretty bad. 

No symmetry. 

And why does it go wider at the top!
-Honestly, this is a true trace from the kit part! Even though it looks like it was drawn by a three year old..

Some padding required to shape it up!

The stern after a bit of adjusting.
Also, the kit has a flat stern. Should be curved, so I'm padding it a bit.

-At this point, the museum plans arrived with a bit of a shock as to how far from accurate the Corel frames were..

Quick description of my Vasa build project

This build started out as a build of the Corel kit, but quickly changed into pretty much a scratch build using the Corel materials..

This is the contents of the Corel Vasa kit..